R
England > Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring R skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited R over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 98 | 120 | 165 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +22 | +45 | +11 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 13 | 13 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands | 0.68% | 0.47% | 0.058% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.73% | 2.10% | 0.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £369 | £360 | £238 |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | £475 | £299 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £439 | £550 | £399 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.14% | +37.84% | -21.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £479 | - | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £553 | - | £560 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £21.73 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £26.32 | £42.50 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -38.07% | -39.29% | +86.67% |
All Programming Languages
Midlands
R falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 477 | 618 | 932 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands | 24.92% | 22.42% | 27.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 317 | 447 | 697 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £260 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | £350 | £385 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £460 | £450 | £480 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.22% | -6.25% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £540 | £550 | £563 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £638 | £650 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £565 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -4.42% | +2.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 19 | 20 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.46 | £22.42 | £20.24 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.60 | £27.38 | £24.31 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.24 | £51.78 | £33.39 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -60.91% | +55.10% | -4.61% |
| 75th Percentile | £28.75 | £58.75 | £57.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £33.91 | £60.13 | £86.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £62.75 | £62.50 | £61.84 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.40% | +1.07% | +23.68% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in the Midlands.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing R in the Midlands.
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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | +16 | 11 | £432 | -21.55% | 48 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 2 | £447 | +21.63% | 39 |
| R England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: